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Posted on: 30th May 2024
Staff in the Emergency Department at Torbay Hospital will be much warmer thanks to the League.
The Emergency Department has taken delivery of more than 150 navy blue sleeveless fleeces thanks to a donation of over £2194.02 from the league, each one is embroidered with the League's beloved butterfly logo.
Matron…
Posted on: 15th May 2024
In April the League held its 70th Anniversary Cream Tea event along side the Annual General Meeting at the Langstone Cliff Hotel.
Kathryn Westaway was elected to undertake a second year as Chairman while Martin Tucker would undertake a second term as Vice Chairman, Patricia Roberts carries on as the President…
Posted on: 20th March 2024
Torbay Hospital League of Friends donated over £130,000 which will improve the experience of people having surgery.
The donation has funded 15 operating trollies which transport people into theatre, with most operstions able to be carried out on the trolley. This prevents multiple transfers to different…
Posted on: 18th March 2024
Warrington Ward has a nice new recliner chair for their Pink Room.
Staff on the ward said "During difficult times, having a loved one able to stay with the person in hospital is important both physically and mentally. this was made possible with a donation of £4,500Read more...
Posted on: 17th March 2024
The new device is a chest compression system that will be used in the emergency department, but will also available for our wider cardiac arrest team to use on other wards…
Posted on: 27th August 2023
Torbay Hospital League of Friends held their annual bed push in Torquay on Sunday August which saw over £1,000 collected to support the League's work.
The bed push, which returned for the first time since…
Posted on: 24th December 2022
Every Christmas members of the League's Management Committee get together and deliver presents around the wards for those people who find themselves in hospital on Christmas day. The last couple of years due to…
Posted on: 01st December 2022
The League of Friends is about to pay a total of £2.1m to Torbay Hospital on new equipment including £566.000 for vital clinical and medical items for the Acute Medical Unit shortly to open on Level 2, as…
Posted on: 30th November 2022
After a long wait due to the pandemic, we were invited to have a stall at the Torbay Holiday Helpers Network Fun Day. So on the overcast Saturday morning members of the management and helpers set up their Tombola…
Posted on: 15th September 2022
In Memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
21/04/1926 - 08/09/2022
It is with great sadness that we hear the news of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Torbay Hospital League of Friends grieve at…